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The Finnish presidential standard at the Presidential Palace, Helsinki.

The Flag of the President of Finland has in the canton what is best described as an heraldic ‘cross-pattee’, in blue, charged with a yellow “Fyflot” (Fylfot ?), or Swastika-shaped cross, the Cross of Freedom, Finland’s most distinguished Order (vide, Flags of the World by EMC Barraclough). In Finland the swastika appears as a part of "tursaansydän", an ancient symbol of luck and protection

Swastika in the Finnish Air Force

RC- 33 Thulin type D, Finland (skis) 1917

Von Rosen had painted his personal good luck charm on the Thulin Type D aircraft. This charm – a blueswastika, the ancient symbol of the sun and good luck – was adopted as the insignia of the Finnish Air Force

The swastika
of the Finnish Air-force was adopted when Swedish Count Eric von Rosen
donated the first aeroplane to the Finnish government, adorned with his
personal good luck symbol blue swastika. (http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/fi_xfree.html

Victory
of the White Army over the Red Guards

(Fylfotat the top left
corner)

1938:
2m + 1/2m blue semi-postal

During WW2, people in Europe and North America stopped buying
Carlsberg Beer(Biggest Danish brewery) because of the presence of
Swastika
Carl Jacobsen adopted a swastika as the logo for "Ny
Carlsberg" ("New Carlsberg") beer—a reference to the purity of its
ingredients. After 1906 came the swastika within the star. By 1940,
however, the rise of Nazi Germany and its perverted interpretation of
"purity" had led Carlsberg to abandon the swastika permanently—and the
subsequent German occupation pretty much assured that it would not be re-adopted. (Source: https://www.facebook.com/Asliceofworldhistory?fref=photo).

A slice of World HistoryFor
anyone visiting Denmark... Carlsberg breweries in Copenhagen were built
long before WW2 and you can still see large swastikas engraved into the
shields of four large stone elephants holding the old brewery
building... ~Arun Advaid

Luke LesageIn Dublin, Ireland, a laundrette by the name of Swastika Laundry existed (name and logo!) until the mid 1980's!

More Swastika Logos in India

The
logo ofIndira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, adopted from the famous Badami
ceiling, is a solar symbol representing light and movement and the
interpenetration of autonomous units. It shows four Svastikas intertwined
together. The symbol represents the cyclic path of time and seasons which
reflects germination, growth and decay. http://ignca.nic.in/

The Svastika is known to all
ancient cultures of the world and has been found in Hesserik, Greek,
Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, Iranian, Buddhist, Jain, Pueblo Indian, Mexican
and Malaysian traditions. The symbol has pervaded the Indian arts from Harappan
seals to the contemporary arts.

This swastika pattern from the famous Badami ceiling.Badami formerly known as Vatapi, is a town in the Bagalkot
districtof Karnataka, India. It was the regal capital of the Badami Chalukyas
from 540 to 757 AD. It is famous for rock cut and other structural temples.Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi is the premier
government funded arts organization in India, as an autonomous institution
under the Union Ministry of Culture. Established in the memory of Indira Gandhi,
late Prime Minister of India.

Logo of the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1921-1952

Logo of Visva Bharati University,
Sanitiniketan, West Bengal. The logo was created by Nandalal Bose.

Visva-Bharati University was founded by Rabindranath
Tagore who called it Visva Bharati, which means the communion of the
world with India. In its initial years Tagore expressed his dissatisfaction
with the word 'university', since university translates to Vishva-Vidyalaya,
which is smaller in scope than Visva Bharati. Until independence it was
a college. Soon after independence, in 1951, the institution was given the
status of a university and was renamed Visva Bharati University. (http://en.wikipedia.org)

Santidev Ghose, the stamp was issued in December 2002,
also has the logo (part) of the Visva Bharati University.

At the bottom left there is a swastika symbolising all-round prosperity

1924 British Mount Everest Expedition led by Lieut. Col. Norton. Label showing Mt. Everest with base camp with marginal inscriptions TIBET - NEPAL - SIKKIM and with Swastika in the four corners symbilising good luck for the expedition. The stamps were used on mail from base camp to nearest Indian P.O.

About Me

Sekhar Chakrabarti - Vexillologist, author and a passionate collector of flag stamps and flag artifacts.
His name found a place in the "Limca Book of Records" for his collections of most stamps featuring the Indian National flag.
Curated International exhibitions commemorating 125th Birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore in Kolkata and Cairo (Egypt) organised by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Govt of India in 2011.
Had served as a jury member at several philatelic exhibitions organized by India Post and other philatelic organizations.
Curated a solo exhibition on “Indian National Flag” show casing myriad flag artifacts for the first time in India under the auspices of ICCR, Govt of India in 2014.
First Indian delegate to present original research based papers on aspects of the Indian Flag at the 25th International Congress of Vexillology (ICV25) at Rotterdam, the Netherlands in 2013, ICV26 Sydney Flag Congress, Australia in 2015 and at ICV27 in London Flag Congress in August 2017.
He lives in Kolkata, India.
Email ID: sekhar.chakrabarti@gmail.com